Lepisorus squamatus is a species of fern known only from Vietnam and from Guangxi Province in southern China. The plant is herbaceous, spreading by rhizomes. The leaves are simple, elliptical, and the sori are round, on the underside of the leaves. The spores are white.Smith, Alan Reid, & Zhang, Xian-chun. 2002. Caobangia, a new genus and species of Polypodiaceae from Vietnam. Novon 12:546-550.Smith, A. R., K. M. Pryer, E. Schuettpelz, P. Korall, H. Schneider & P. Wolff. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(3): 705–731.Flora of China v 2-3 p 827.
The systematic position of the species varies. It was originally described in the monotypic genus Caobangia as Caobangia squamata. It has also been placed in Lemmaphyllum as Lemmaphyllum squamatum.
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